diff --git a/jdbc/pom.xml b/jdbc/pom.xml
index de415c4964eb91acfdaff51f2f62b82db6af4d2d..b09e1aa197591acc49eb9262e16f0a115c63b35a 100644
--- a/jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -41,5 +41,11 @@ LICENSE file.
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.12</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/jdbc/src/test/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/JdbcDBClientTest.java b/jdbc/src/test/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/JdbcDBClientTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..92b91e10777512930427dfa38c971d9fe2af70dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jdbc/src/test/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/JdbcDBClientTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.yahoo.ycsb.db;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Created by kruthar on 11/2/15.
+ */
+public class JdbcDBClientTest {
+    @Test
+    public void insertTest() {
+        assertTrue(true);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void updateTest() {
+        assertTrue(true);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void readTest() {
+        assertTrue(true);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void deleteTest() {
+        assertTrue(true);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void scanTest() {
+        assertTrue(true);
+    }
+}